Fore end for guns



Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

uurrao STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS L. noznman; or rnnnmav, LOUISIANA.

FORE END non GUNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922..

Application filed June 27, 1921. Serial No. 490,703.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. BoznMAN. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ferrida in the parish of Concordia and State 0 Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Fore End for Guns,of which the following is a specification. I

By way of explanation, that the fore ends of guns frequently break and this is notably true in connection with pump guns which have a sliding fore end.

The foregoing being understood, this in-. vention aims to provlde a fore end which will be so constructed and reinforced that it will withstand the severe use articles of this sort are subjected.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally'and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and rrangement of partsv and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that", in the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings 2- Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2' of Figure l; and Figure 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section.

The invention is'adapted to be embodied infore ends and slides of all kinds as used 1 upon rifles, shot guns, fowling-pieces and the The fore end, tl1erefore,,w-1ll be conlike.

structed to fit the particular gun for which ity is used. The numeral 1 marks a'fore-end which, if used upon one form of gun, is provided adjacent one extremity with a bore 2,

the rear portion of the fore-end bein open z at the top, as indicated by the numera 3 it may be stated *to which.

with- ,The fore-end forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made from metal or from a combination of metals, and is providedwith a transverse rib 4, the rib 4 being located relatively near to one extremity of the fore-end 1. The fore-end is ;supplied with a transverse rib 5, which may be a considerable distance from one extremity 6 of the fore-end. The ribs 4 and 5, however, may be located as desired. The ribs 4 and 5 are'connected by longitudinal spaced at ribs 7 which, like the ribs 4 and 5 are formed integrally with the fore-end 1.

Since the foreend is formed of metal, or

a combinationofmetals, and since the fore-- end if provided with the ribs :4, 5 and 7, the fore-end will be strengthened so that it will not be broken under conditions which, ordinarily, would work the undoing of a common wooden fore-end or slide,

Some fore-ends are supplied with an internal ring which receives the friction when the fore-end'is reciprocated. In the device forming the subject matter of this application, the ring aforesaid is replaced by an integral transverse outstanding rib 9, shown in, Figure 3, and indicated in dotted line in in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS L. BOZEMAN.

-Witnesses C. E. S'rmemr, J. It. WILLIAMSON;

longitudinal ribs connecting. the transfor shoulder 4 supported 

